Freiburg cruise past TSC Backa Topola in UEFA Europa League
BERLIN, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Goals from Merlin Rohl, Maximilian Eggestein, Noah Weisshaupt, Junior Adamu and Ritsu Doan helped Freiburg to thrash Serbia's Backa Topola 5-0 in Group A of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday.
The hosts made a bright start on home soil and had the opportunity to open the scoring in the fourth minute, but Backa Topola goalkeeper Veljko Ilic denied Lucas Holer's effort.
Ilic was a